Tag: Amanda Nunes

Report: Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm In The Works

Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm is reportedly in the works as the UFC targets this clash of titans for an upcoming event. According to Combate’s report, the Las Vegas-based promotion is working on booking Nunes against the former champion. This fight will take place at the upcoming UFC 237 pay-per-view event. This will see Nunes […]

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Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm is reportedly in the works as the UFC targets this clash of titans for an upcoming event.

According to Combate’s report, the Las Vegas-based promotion is working on booking Nunes against the former champion. This fight will take place at the upcoming UFC 237 pay-per-view event. This will see Nunes defend her UFC women’s bantamweight title in likely the main or co-main event of the show.

It’s an interesting time for this news to drop considering that UFC President Dana White stated on Thursday that Holm vs. Aspen Ladd was not happening at UFC 235. It should be noted that the UFC has yet to confirm this bout.

Nunes knocked out Cris Cyborg in the first round in the co-headliner of UFC 232 to win the UFC women’s featherweight title. This contest went down on December 29, 2018, at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Now, she’s the champ of the women’s bantamweight and featherweight divisions. Although Cyborg has pitched for a rematch, that appears to have to wait.

Holm is entering this fight 2-3 in her last five bouts and is fresh off a win over Magan Anderson by unanimous decision at the UFC 235 PPV event. Prior to this fight, she suffered a decision loss to then-UFC women’s featherweight champion Cyborg at UFC 219. But scored a win over Bethe Correia by third round TKO in June 2017.

The UFC 237 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET and the the UFC’s streaming service, Fight Pass.

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Miesha Tate Describes What It’s Like To Get Punched By Amanda Nunes

UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes is on top of the mountain of women’s mixed martial arts (MMA). Nunes won the UFC women’s bantamweight championship back in July of 2016. She defeated Miesha Tate to capt…

UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes is on top of the mountain of women’s mixed martial arts (MMA). Nunes won the UFC women’s bantamweight championship back in July of 2016. She defeated Miesha Tate to capture the first title of her UFC career. Nunes submitted Tate via rear-naked choke after battering “Cupcake” on […]

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Quote: Cris Cyborg Never Needed A Gameplan Until Fighting Amanda Nunes

Cris Cyborg suffered the first defeat of her mixed martial arts (MMA) career in over a decade. At UFC 232 on pay-per-view (PPV) last month, Cyborg dropped her 145-pound title to women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Nunes came into the fight and knocked out Cyborg in under a minute. It was a shocking way for […]

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Cris Cyborg suffered the first defeat of her mixed martial arts (MMA) career in over a decade.

At UFC 232 on pay-per-view (PPV) last month, Cyborg dropped her 145-pound title to women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Nunes came into the fight and knocked out Cyborg in under a minute. It was a shocking way for the fight to end, but Cyborg bulldozed her way towards “The Lioness” early, showing no respect for her power.

In the end, it cost her everything. Speaking to MMA Junkie on the situation recently, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate offered her thoughts. Tate said, until fighting Nunes, Cyborg never needed a strategy heading into a fight:

“I said, if she lands that right hand – if Cyborg doesn’t respect the fact that Amanda has enough power to knock her out, she’s going to be in trouble,” Tate said. “I was like, ‘Cyborg needs a strategy.’ She’s never needed a strategy in a fight.”

Tate has shared the Octagon with Nunes, and has felt the wrath of the UFC’s first-ever female “Champ Champ’s” unforgiving power. She compared a jab from Nunes to getting caught with a right-hand, and a right-hand is the equivilent to getting smashed by a truck:

“Her simple jab feels like a right hand, and then her right-hand feels like you got hit by a truck,” Tate said. “I didn’t even know where I was half of that fight.”

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Holly Holm Believes Potential Amanda Nunes Match-Up Happens At Bantamweight

Holly Holm could very well be on her way back to a championship fight soon. The 37-year-old was once undefeated in her mixed martial arts (MMA) career. She made a name for herself by becoming the first woman to defeat Ronda Rousey in MMA competition. H…

Holly Holm could very well be on her way back to a championship fight soon. The 37-year-old was once undefeated in her mixed martial arts (MMA) career. She made a name for herself by becoming the first woman to defeat Ronda Rousey in MMA competition. However, she followed that up with a three-fight losing streak […]

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